Table 1. Growth on various concentrations of hygromycin B of Monascus purpureus isolates biolistically transformed to hygromycin B resistance.

Colony growtha on PDS with hygromycin at µg/ml concentration of

Isolate

0

100

125

200

300

400

500

600

700

1000

KB20M1b

45.5

c

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

900PSI

46.0

45.1

44.8

44.5

43.6

41.4

39.0

35.4

26.8

12.2

1350PSI

45.1

43.5

43.8

43.4

42.2

40.2

39.8

30.5

20.5

13.5


a Colony diameter in mn of 8 day cultures, means of two duplicate cultures.
b Non transformed recipient isolate.
c  No growth.

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